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ge-swelg

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-swelg, es; n.
A gulf, whirlpool, an abyss
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  • Betwyx sandhriccan (and) geswelge swyliendes

    inter Scyllam et barathrum uoraginis,

      An. Ox. 635.
  • Grutte, on geswelge

    in woraginem,

    701.
  • Geswelgum

    carybdibus, i. uoraginibus,

    4620.
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v.  swelg.
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  • ge-swelg, n.